# \#safetytipsforladies TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985 "2013-04-18T00:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/61 "2013-04-20T00:54:53Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Oh, I know! Try being a good enough Christian that [angels](http://www.snopes.com/glurge/rapestop.asp) will appear to chaperone you and cause the rapist to decide to rape someone who deserves it more instead. But make sure you know some Satanic rituals also so that if the angel tries to rape you, you can summon a demon to protect you. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/62 "2013-04-20T02:25:00Z")
Rapists that wear blue are the strongest rapists, beware these men. Rapists that wear red are weaker, and rapists clad in orange will only take 1 or 2 strikes to defeat. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/63 "2013-04-20T05:40:44Z")
Jump on the rapist’s head to knock him right out of his shell! Then you can kick his shell to send it flying towards other rapists! But watch out for spiky rapists. ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/64 "2013-04-20T06:00:59Z")
The more broken bones and dangling exposed organs you show, the less likely those ignorant ashes will be to accuse you of lying. Don’t get pregnant. Use your innocent woman magics to counteract any biological processes. The sperm can tell the difference and will behave like perfect gentlemen even when the producer of such sperm doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/65 "2013-04-20T17:03:16Z")
Pffft… Two words… Genital warts! (You’re welcome!) ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/66 "2013-04-21T12:25:32Z")
Oh yeah, that reminds me: I was given real life advice to tell the rapist you have AIDS! I think it was a teacher who said that. Hmm, that was one of the things I hadn’t yet felt guilty for not trying… ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/67 "2013-04-21T13:11:21Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > Actually, you’re wrong. It is true that most PSAs on the subject have been ineffective, because they have historically been directed towards the wrong audience, i.e., “Here’s how to keep from being raped” messages for women. However, it has been shown more recently that PSAs saying to men “Here’s what rape is, don’t do this” in fact ARE effective. Because they are directed towards the source of the problem rather than its victims. I would not have thought there were many rapists unaware it was a serious crime, or what rape is. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/68 "2013-04-21T13:22:37Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I would not have thought there were many rapists unaware it was a serious crime, or what rape is. They know it’s a serious crime, they just don’t think what\* they’re\* doing or thinking of doing (e.g. having sex with a woman who is clearly too drunk to consent, as opposed to hiding in the bushes and attacking a passerby) is rape. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/69 "2013-04-21T15:06:47Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Oh yeah, that reminds me: I was given real life advice to tell the rapist you have AIDS! I think it was a teacher who said that. Tell the rapist you have all STDs known to modern science. If you only pick one, he might have it too, and as a result not be dissuaded from raping you. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/70 "2013-04-21T18:14:31Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I would not have thought there were many rapists unaware it was a serious crime, or what rape is. That’s why it helps to do studies, instead of relying on “common sense”. Because, despite all the jokes, it actually _does_ help when you tell men, “Don’t rape people.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/71 "2013-04-21T19:04:55Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I would not have thought there were many rapists unaware it was a serious crime, or what rape is. You’d think but there are people who are pretty stupid and need to have it pointed out to them. They’ll be thinking _“Rape is when you grab a woman in the park and hold a knife to her throat. I didn’t do that. I was at a party talking to this girl and we were both drinking and getting along okay and then she passed out. Sure I had sex with her but it’s not like I threatened her or hurt her. So it wasn’t rape.”_ And people like that need to be told that what they did was rape. And it’s worth doing because if you can make them aware that something is wrong most of them won’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/72 "2013-04-21T23:29:10Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Tell the rapist you have all STDs known to modern science. If you only pick one, he might have it too, and as a result not be dissuaded from raping you. In fact, _get_ all the STDs known to modern science in advance. That way you can prove what happened. And you won’t be stoned. ---
**Author:** ![sidhechaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sidhechaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidhechaos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/73 "2013-04-24T07:08:45Z")
> [@apollonia](#): > > [Oh, here it is.](http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/rape.asp) > > Never go out in the early morning. Avoid jobs that will require you to turn up before 8:30 am. Better starved to death or on welfare than raped! > > Avoid grocery store parking lots–grow all your food in your backyard. Avoid your office parking lot or garage–park and walk six blocks to your workplace. Never, ever, ever pee in public. Invest in a home catheter system. > > Now we’re just off in Crazyland. actually my assault did occur early am in work parking lot, unfortunately he waited until I started to get out of the car so I couldn’t wreck or run over him, did bash the living shit of his face and head by grabbing the ice scraper and stabbing him in the face with it. now I have several very sharp knives concealed around the driver seat as well as on my person and no compunction whatsoever against using them. just call me cuisanart ---
**Author:** ![sidhechaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sidhechaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidhechaos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985/74 "2013-04-24T07:14:46Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Oh yeah, that reminds me: I was given real life advice to tell the rapist you have AIDS! I think it was a teacher who said that. > > Hmm, that was one of the things I hadn’t yet felt guilty for not trying… I was told to laugh and when he showed confusion start crying and tell tell him I just found out I had gotten syphilis/aids/pick something scary from the LAST rapist and isn’t it funny? now he’s going to have it ain’t karma a bitch? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985.md?page=3)